Funding
This project is supported by a grant of the Ministry of Research and Innovation, CNCS – UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2016-0292, within PNCDI III.
Project background
Personal identity revolves around the goals and values that steer personal life decisions in the quest for an answer to the question “Who am I?” in different life domains (Erikson, 1968). It represents a core developmental task in adolescence (Meeus, 2011) and emerging adulthood (Schwartz, Zamboanga, Luyckx, Meca, & Ritchie, 2013). This task becomes more prominent and difficult to tackle in a post-modern context where young people are bombarded with tentative identities promoted by families, peer role models, and the media. Moreover, developmental transitions (e.g., school-to-school, school-to-work) require high levels of identity work, due to the challenge and strain posed by the social investment in and allegiance to new life roles (Lodi-Smith & Roberts, 2007).
Project objectives
- Development of longitudinal study
- Implementation of the three-wave longitudinal study and experimental studies
- Planning, writing, and dissemination of research results
Proposed project outcomes
2018
- Operationalization of variables, according to methodology
- Start of institutional collaborations
- Training of research assistants
2019
- Implementation of longitudinal study (Wave 1 and Wave 2 of data collection) and experimental studies (objective partially attainted in 2019, to be continued in 2020)
- Writing of research studies (objective partially attainted in 2019, to be continued in 2020)
- Dissemination of research results (participation to conferences, project meetings with experts) – objective partially attainted in 2019, to be continued in 2020
2020
- Implementation of longitudinal study (Wave 3 of data collection) and experimental
studies (objective partially attainted in 2019, continued in 2020) - Writing of research studies (objective partially attainted in 2019, continued in 2020)
- Dissemination of research results (participation to conferences, project meetings with
experts) – objective partially attainted in 2019, continued in 2020 - 1 document to inform public policies on project topics
- 1 interactive conference
Project team
Associate Professor Oana Negru-Subtirica, PhD (project leader)
Lecturer Lavinia E. Damian, PhD
Eleonora Ioana Pop, PhD
PhD student Bogdan Glavan
PhD student Casandra Timar-Anton
PhD student Ioana Lupan
PhD student Bianca-Valentina Marinica
Project reports
Download Scientific Report 2018
Publications
Negru-Subtirica, O., Pop, E. I., Crocetti, E., & Meeus, W. (2020). Social comparison at school: Can GPA and personality mutually influence each other across time? Journal of Personality, 88, 555-567. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12510 IF: 3.084, Q1
Marinica, B. V., &Negru-Subtirica, O. (2020). Relationships between volunteering functions and vocational identity in emerging adult volunteers. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 20, 591–611. doi: 10.1007/s10775-020-09418-3 IF: 1.176, Q3
Glavan, B., Negru-Subtirica, O., & Benga, O. (2020). The struggle to find meaning: A mixed methodology study on meaning-making and identity. Emerging Adulthood, 8, 367–372. doi: 10.1177/2167696819841760 IF: 0.974, Q3
Damian, L. E.,Negru-Subtirica, O., Domocus, I. M., & Friedlmeier, M. (2019). Healthy financial behaviors and financial satisfaction in emerging adulthood: A parental socialization perspective. Emerging Adulthood. doi: 10.1177/2167696819841952 IF: 0.974, Q3
Negru-Subtirica, O., & Badescu, G. (in press). Social change and the dynamic family transmission of vocational competence. In Dimitrova, R. & Wiium, N. (Eds.), Handbook of positive youth development in a global context: Bridging the gaps between research, policy, and practice. Springer International Publishing, Cham: Switzerland.
Conferences
2020 Negru-Subtirica, O., Marinica, B. V., & Timar-Anton, C. A mixed-method investigation of work identity in disadvantaged adolescents attending professional education. Oral presentation at the 17th Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence Conference (EARA), Porto, Portugal (2-5 September).
2020 Pop, E. I. & Negru-Subtirica, O. Loneliness and relational identity: How feeling lonely and the relational self are connected in adolescence? Invited symposium at the 17th Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence Conference (EARA), Porto, Portugal (2-5 September).
2020 Timar-Anton, C., Negru-Subtirica, O., & Opre, A. How identity processes and action crisis predict personal goal status in a sample of first-year university students? Poster presented the 17th Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence Conference (EARA), Porto, Portugal (2-5 September).
2019 Negru-Subtirica, O. Youth identity development as intentional pursuit. Oral presentation at the 26th Annual Conference of the International Society for Research on Identity (ISRI), Napoli, Italy (13-15 May).
2019 Negru-Subtirica, O. Work in the shade of social inequality. The case of Romanian disadvantaged emerging adults. Invited presentation at the Conference of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA), Toronto, Canada (10-12 October).
2019 Pop, E. I., Marinica, B. V., & Negru-Subtirica, O. On identity and generativity: An investigation among emerging adult volunteers. Oral presentation at the Conference of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA), Toronto, Canada (10-12 October).
2019 Marinica, B. V., Negru-Subtirica, O., & Pop, E. I. Motives for involvement in volunteering and the vocational identity of emerging adults. Oral presentation at the National Conference of the Romanian Psychological Association (22-24 November), Cluj-Napoca.
2019 Pop, E. I. & Negru-Subtirica, O. Educational success in adolescence: Implications for educational commitments and career adaptability. Oral presentation at the National Conference of the Romanian Psychological Association (22-24 November), Cluj-Napoca.